Agency: Few Ohioans who own restricted animals have come forward

1:32 PM,
Oct. 31, 2012

Written by

Russ Zimmer
CentralOhio.com

The Ohio Department of Agriculture believes there are at least 500 private individuals who own animals on the state's restricted species list, but only 36 have come forward so far.

"Our best guess is that there are over (500) or 600 private people who own these animals," David Daniels, agriculture director, said this morning at the first meeting of the state's Dangerous and Restricted Animals Advisory Board.

The board is tasked with drafting specific rules on housing and care for animals that were deemed dangerous under a new law that became effective in September. The law was intended to ...